Australian’s generally don’t need a reason to visit London, the city is swarming with them.
But the prospect of being in the city that is home to the royal family when the Duchess of Cambridge delivers her first child and soaking up the atmosphere of the historical event is providing extra incentive.
Perth native 23-year-old Katrina Price only have a few days left in London and she’s keen to spend them hanging around London’s royal haunts.
“It’s pretty exciting,” she tells The Weekly at the gates of Buckingham Palace.
“Hopefully it will come when I’m here and hopefully it will be a girl. I’ll be disappointed if the royal baby arrives just after I leave.”
Ann Broadhurst and grandchildren Jakob and Caitlin are staking out Buckingham Palace to soak up the excitement.
Ann Broadhurst has brought her grandson Jakob all the way from Hong Kong with his cousin Caitlin who are all very excited about the royal baby.
“We’re here to enjoy London and we came to Buckingham Palace to see if there was anything happening about the baby,” Ann says.
“With another royal family member pregnant, Zara Phillips specifically, it’s quite an exciting time,” Jackob adds.
Michael, Natasha, Sara and Naeve Schofield from Hobart.
The Schofield family have been travelling around Europe for three weeks and are pleased to be in London where there is such a buzz around the royal baby, though it wasn’t on their list of attractions.
Parents Michael and Natasha from Hobart “aren’t huge royalists” and it seems daughter Naeve will follow in their footsteps: “What baby?” the five-year-old says when asked her view on the royal arrival.
“It would be good to say we were here when it happened, but we’re not hanging out for it,” Natasha says as her husband chimes in: “we hope it’s healthy, just like any other baby.”
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